East Village
A Handyman that Wasn’t
Being at the top of my game is an every day thing – so when I meet somebody who runs their own company and they don’t have the same zealous service-oriented philosophy I do, I am shocked. After all, there’s a recession going on and anybody that doesn’t do everything they can to keep business will lose it!
A Call from a Pig and an Extended School Break in Chicago
A mix of imagination and pragmatics, we decided to keep Jackson out of school the week following a two-week break in the face of the unknown. With Swine Flu rising to the state of pandemic, such a course of action seemed well-reasoned. Meanwhile, the Chicago real estate market is more active than it’s been in more than a year.
An Imagined Cricket Visits Amid the Din of a “Wicked” Busy Saturday
Was it my imagination that a cricket visited me to tell me that a blog is today’s version of a campfire where we gain warmth as we tell stories in our own voices and speaking our own truth? Whether imagined or not the cricket dispensed undeniable truth, saying that folks online who speak with scripts written by others will find themselves lost and lonely as educated consumers will turn away and seek those who speak the truth.
“A Little Off the Top” – 3 New Prices for Chicago Condos for Sale
Surprised by my three-year-old’s request for a haircut, Chicago real estate professional Thomas McCarey muses upon the necessity of “taking a little off the top” in certain circumstances, including in response to the Chicago real estate market.
Chicago Condo Flies High Online in The New York Times
On the other end of the phone was a reporter from The New York Times wanting to use one of my Chicago real estate listings for an online article. It took a New York minute to say sure to posting my condo for sale at 1055 Hermitage at the Times online site. The point is that the same amount plays out differently in different locales. Location, location, location.
